December 2016
New Britain Youth Theater Stage Combat Workshop
In preparation for the spring production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, NBYT is offering a Stage Combat and Fight Choreography Workshop on Sunday, January 22. The workshop will cover some basic training of stage combat including safely fighting, falling, and using fake stage weapons. Connecticut actor and fight choreographer Rob Richnavsky will lead the workshop […]
New Britain School Officials Speak at School Absenteeism Summit
New Britain school Superintendent Nancy Sarra and Attendance Officer Joe Vaverchak were presenters at the national virtual summit sponsored by the United States Department of Education, building on the Obama Administration’s Every Student, Every Day Initiative to eliminate chronic absenteeism in the nation’s public schools. During the 90-minute summit on December 7, Sarra and Vaverchak […]
New Britain Youth Theater Auditions for ‘Peter Rabbit Is Lost!’
News Brief New Britain Youth Theater (NBYT) is looking for young aspiring actors for its production of the play ‘Peter Rabbit Is Lost!’ and will hold auditions in January. The play is an adaption of Beatrix Potter’s classic children’s books including The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, and others. […]
City Hall Watch: Stewart Wants More Money For Tilcon Watershed Study; Costs To Exceed $350K
By John McNamara The Stewart administration is seeking an additional $17,500 for an environmental study of Tilcon Inc.’s long-term plan to lease city watershed for trap rock mining. The extra cost is up for consideration at the December 14th Common Council meeting and follows the June 2016 Common Council approval of a $337,000 no-bid contract […]
City Purchasing Nearly $500,000 of New Vehicles
Press Pool Story The Republican-dominated City Council is considering a proposal from the administration of Mayor Erin Stewart to purchase $495,078.84 for various motor vehicles. Under proposal, the city would purchase $461,578.84 of vehicles from Crowley Ford, LLC of Plainville: Also, the proposal calls for the purchase of $33,500.00 for one vehicle from Crowley Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge of […]
Jr. Canes Win 2nd in National Championships
Press Pool Story The 11U New Britain Jr. Canes won their way all the way to the National Championship game, and finished second in the national tournament. Family and the community celebrated and offered congratulations and expressions of pride, both in person and via social media. The Jr. Canes won their first round game December 5th […]
Jr. Canes to Play in National Championship Game
Press Pool Story The excitement continues to grow as the 11U Jr. Canes football team has won their way into the American Youth Football National Championship Game. The Jr. Canes won their game against the Maryland District Heights Chiefs 13-6. On Friday, December 9th at 9am, the Jr. Canes will play for the National Championship against the Wilmington […]
‘Elf the Musical Jr’ at New Britain Youth Theater
Over fifty children ages 5 through 17 from throughout Connecticut will star in the New Britain Youth Theater‘s presentation of “Elf the Musical! Jr” December 9th through 11th. Elf the Musical! Jr is a musical based on the hit holiday film starring Will Ferrell as Buddy the Elf, a Christmas movie that quickly became a classic, adapted […]
Proposal on Affirmative Action Strikes Out Many Provisions
Press Pool Story The Republican-dominated City Council is considering a proposal by Mayor Erin Stewart on the city Affirmative Action Plan that proposes numerous deletions of text. On Wednesday, December 7th, the Council’s Administration, Finance and Law Public Committee will consider a resolution by Republican Council members Kristian Rosado and Louis Salvio to approve the […]
Berriault Criticizes Social Media Profile as Impersonation
Press Pool Story Bobby Berriault, who recently announced that an exploratory committee to run for city office in 2017 announced that a Facebook profile impersonating him has been removed by Facebook, and another created in its place. “Yesterday, it was brought to my attention that someone had created a fake Facebook profile resembling my own […]